Potential pitfalls of Pollen dating

Radiocarbon

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 1142-1155

  Neulieb, Thomas ^a   Levac, Elisabeth ^a,b   Southon, John ^c   Lewis, Michael ^d   Florin Pendea, I ^e   Chmura, Gail L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Marine sediments; Pollen dating; Reworking; Tidal wetlands

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CANADIAN MARGIN; JAMES BAY;

FORAMINIFERA; FUNGI;

EID: 84884367330     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/azu_js_rc.55.16274     Document Type: Article

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